Carnegie Arts Centre

Nightmare Alley

Director: Guillermo del Toro.  Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett.

Rating:  15.  Running Time:  150 minutes.
Awards:  5 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture and Best Cinematography.

1n 1940s New York, down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle endears himself to a clairvoyant and her mentalist husband at a travelling carnival.  Using newly-acquired knowledge, Carlisle crafts a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite and wealthy.  Hoping for a big score, he soon hatches a scheme to con a dangerous tycoon with help from a mysterious psychologist who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

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